Planet Unknown

Loading...

Loading...

Loading...

Planet Unknown

Loading...

Loading...

Loading...

By: Mason, Ben & Pip

JDO classroom partners from Howe-Manning Elementary School in Middleton, MA, and Burghclere Primary School in Burghclere, England worked together on this global collaborative project to craft creative stories.

At the end of the 21st century Mankind was facing global resource depletion. Space Rovers were sent out to find potential inhabitable planets. nSeed were carried by these Space Rovers to test the possibility of growing plants on a target planet.

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom. They have arrived. Cobalt and Lucetta (the rovers) land on the red planet called Zexade looking for a new planet for the living. This is a new land they just discovered with a red/orange dust that looks like a ball of yarn. When they land they take out their incubator with the seed pods. They only have two chances left. 4 failed 2 unused. Lucetta lifts a unused pod and places it into the ground. Seeping in the grabbers filter life into the seed. Test one- Complete. Test two- complete.

As the words filtered along the screen hopes arrived. Test three- failed. Sinking back in disappointment Lucetta placed the failed pod back onto the back of Cobalt. They look at each other when a noise arises. Looking above, a rock is hurtling toward them. As the large lump of rock hits the cold hard ground they drive away. Reaching top speed they look back….

Speeding across the bright red planet Zexade, dodging large flying rocks, they find themselves in a cluster of huge rocks standing up and swerving to evade them. While speeding at top speed like rockets soaring through the sky trying not to crash into the flying mammoth rocks flying straight at them. Finally dodging all the rocks. Swerving in between the large rocks they have no chance to stay together. Finding their own paths they zoom over, under, and past the stone rocks.

Leaving a cloud of dust behind Lucetta rises out of the shadows of the rock forest. Speeding along a smile swept across Lucetta's face. He has made it. Looking behind he sees no sign of Cobalt. Left, right nothing. Pressing break he slides to a stop over the dusty, rocky sand. Nothing to show the presence of Cobalt. Fearing the worst Lucetta drives back into the rock forest. Speeding off calling Cobalt's name. A split second later Cobalt emerges out of an opening away from Lucetta. Again looking around for Lucetta. Fearing the worst Cobalt ventures back into the forest. Lucetta now frantic spots a red glowing box out of the corner of his eye. Instantly knowing it's a failed box he follows the path. Box after box Lucetta can't contain his nervousness. As he gets to an opening he looks down. A crater. Looking down he sees more red boxes. Using all of his might to try to find Cobalt in the crater he goes full speed. Reaching the bottom he realises that Cobalt is nowhere to be seen. A sudden whistling noise appears in the sky and Lucetta looks up. A meteor is flying down into the crater. Realising it's happening again he speeds up. Boom a meteor lands in front of him. Getting pushed back by the explosion he is heading for certain death. Closing his eyes he braces for impact.